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RESPONSIBLE
BANKING
YOUR BUSINESS
Your business is just as important to you as John I).
Rockefeller's business if to him. Regardless of the
business you are engaged in or the size of it you
need the advantage of modern banking facilities
such as we furnish. We invite you to open an ac
count with us and prepare yourself for any unlooked
for adversities that may be born of the present world's
war.
Total Resources over $450,000
We pay 5 per cent on money placed on '
lime deposits with us or periods
of six and twelve months
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
M. G. Hope, President
I. W. Hope, Vice-President.
J. P. Dunaway, Cashier
B. W. Mulkey, Ass't. Cashier.
Leslie L. Hope, Ass't. Cashier
T. W. Halliday.
Ceo. E. Davis.
UNITED STATES
NATIONAL BANK
VALE, OREGON
TO S-ZZff TO
$500 $5.00
MADE FOR THE MILLIONS
Every season finds more women seeking the protection
that comes with the trade-mark of "Queen Quality''
Shoes. The number of "Queen Quality" customers is
now up in the millions. But this is nothing surprising to
those who know the "Queen Quality" Shoe. The only
wonder is that any woman can be inductd to wear any
other.
j.Vale Trading Co.
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IF YOUR WIFE
WAS SICK
Would you call
a Horse Doctor?
Of Course You Wouldn't !
And if you want a quick sale for vour property do
you list it with a Curbstone Dealer '
Of Course You Don't !
Selling: land is a highly efficient specialty and re
quires the absolute attention of the dealer. Can
this efficiency be attained by a dealer who has a
number of other irons in the lire?
Of Course Not !
Then list your property witn us. IT TIIK PKICH
IS-itlGIlT WK CAN SELL IT.
WANTED
Cheap relinquishments and Deeded
land under the HULLY CKEEK
PROJECT.
ANOTHER PROMISE
ONTARIO WILL NOT
TRY TO MAKE GOOD
The Town Lot Speculators
will Promise Anything to
Secure a Vote, but when
They Unload Their Lots
They'll leave, the Country
MALHEUR ENTERPRISE
SOUTHERN
OREGON
UNITED
Those citizens who are being In
fluenced to vote for the removal of
the court house to Ontario because
of the wonderful actlvitv It mav
make In movement of property In
the vicinity of that beautiful nlty
must remember that such activity
as may occur at the Incentlon will
be In tho speculative value of TOWN
LOTS.
Property near the new building
would advance rapidly until the
present owners unloaded. It takes
sometMiiK beside town lot specula
tion to make anv ilac hcUva
It requires some personal action
taken towards the improvement of
the country. The -people of Ontario
who are behind the movement and
who are fostering the Idea of great
benefits to be derived by those who
live at a distance are men who. let
nothing escape them that they can
grab.
The same reason that caused them
to fight acalnst the l.nMiii ncr t,h
0 v V,
bridge at We-iser and Payette will
not be removed bv the chimin.
TXLKSS you can show that On
tario la receiving more than sha
ives they will continue to fight.
No proposition that benefitted
any other portion of the county has
ad their approval. They fought
the Welser brldne IM THR inAim
EC3ISLATUKK and the Dead Ox
people and Weiser built the bridge.
receiving a scant $1,000 from Mal
heur against the strong objection
if the then Ontario commissioner.
Just at present they are memor
alllng, promising and attempting
to bribe. Their self interest Is ap
parent and v. II not have much effect
as the truth develops.
WEISER FARMER.
The effort to re-open the Southern
Oregon State Normal School at Ash
land seems to have secured the quite
crpn prl Hunnort of the counties of
r r i
Southern Oregon. This fact should
heln thut pffort. for the neon'e of the
state have too long considered the
state's schools as means of passing out
"snoils" from the state treasury to
the several localities where they are
situated.
The school was in operation under
biennial appropriations from the legis
lature for fourteen vears. In the ses
sion of 1909 the appropriation bill, af
ter passing the house, failed in the
senate, and the regents were without
authority to continue the school. The
plant consists of two main school build
ings, women's dormitory, men's dorm
itory, gymnasium, library, heating
plant and considerable equipment-all
of this the property of the stata of
Oregon and free from indebtedness or
ncumbrance of any kind. The school
is under the State Board of Normal
School Regents, a board appointed
from citizens of counties having no
state educational institution, hence its
management in the interest of the en
tire state is assured. No citizen of
Jackson county is on the board.
The committee behind this effort,
composed of prominent citizens from
each of the seven counties of Southern
Oregon, emphasizes three points in
their argument for the re-establish
ment of the school.
They point out, first, that a Normal
School is not a school of high educa
tion, but is for the sole purpose of
training teachers in the common
schools. 4
becond, tnat tne state spends over
$5,000,000 annually on its common
Bchoob and that, from a standpoint of
economy alone, this school should be
maintained that the common schools
may have trained teachers. In other
words, that this $5,000,000 of taxpay
ers' money shall be spent through
teachers who know their business.
The efficiency of our common school
teachers should be of prime concern to
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DREXEL $20,000
MOORE $19,095
That is How Much Better
Vale's Biggest Hotel is
Than Ontario's Biggest
Hotel, as Shown by the
Assessor's Records.
Percy M. Johnson Fred W. Tregaskis
JOHNSON & TREGASKIS
203 Nelsen Bldg. Vale, Oregon
. .
We take our pen in hand to In
form you that we are not as well
as usu:il. We are suffering sadly
from an over-worked liver as well
as from too close attention to the
assessment roll.
Wo have been accused of a ser
ious crime. Almost as serious as
to suppose a whole county could be
liillcd. We have been accused by
fho Ontario Commercial Club annex
to the Argus, (Assessed valuation
$r.0(); real value 0.) (P. S. We
mean both) of assoc!atlng with a
tax dodger. In painful search we
have ascertained that Celebrated
Hotel Moore (the one with the
tlrotto that the Ontario council
closed up because, well, that's an
other story) has been assessed at
tho following rate: Lots 1, 2, 3, 4,
11. 12, 13, 14. 15. niock 13 at
$7,095. The big hotel at $12,000.
I'otal $19,095.
The hotel Drexel nt Vale, Lota
?. 8. 9. $1,360. The building at
$20,000. Again we call the
attention of the farmer, who
cannot conceal, his assets nor
enter into the Intricate mat
ter of explaining how there la
nothing in It, to the many facts we
have tint before them. IK) YOU
INTEND TO PERMIT IT TO CON-
TIN V 10
DIA BOLUS.
SPEAK UP, FELLOW, IF
YOU KNOW
Wo have htrenuously worked for
the good of our soul to find tho tax
dodger. Editorially, from the Ar
gus, wo learn that he has sub-n-rlbed
$500 towards the Vale fund
to help Vale preserve her. Integrity.
Will the gentleman (?) kindly rail
out In public the name of this tax
dodger? IK) not fear to sign your
name if you are telling the truth.
No one In this town la ashamel to
have subscribed for this purpose nor
for the purpose of starting the Dul
ly Creek project.
NEW PERKINS HOTEL
riftk and Wellington Strut. I'OUTI.AM), OlttUiON
KrmiHluhj. m.. rvfuri.i.li.-, througlmut I'ii.iu. tii.n,y tho moat
centrally I U1 luxmu in iWtUn.l. VYitMe ru.l.u. f IW l.U ( from our
iloow are loctJ ticket odi.-ea of nil milled aid t,n,l,t ,-,,,, ,Mj,jt .
14 tanks; 1J lluntn mil) .)w boum n. 6 d. puriincni t..i. , t'liinl. r of
Ctmirm-rt'v; Comm. n il Club; ML fiob; t, ( ,; i, l,,rai I, .,ifi.,
i.oat offic, public libmiy;inuMUiii v( ail; and all i hu l.n i i.ib.i. l.mMmw
It I Wutlh aoiiH'thlitf tu .a in Hit iui.Lt of (lit; b, i.fil.u til). VW lualv
im atra rbatKa for eim huwwr Our ii. B i li.M.m M il It.t.tt lull.
l U) and up. Mllli I ulli II, Ml ami up. Aulii.l.l.. bu. ,., , u li.m. ( )
low I'nluii Jl )nl ar tl.u lu-t. I , vi y . iMniii.,
I- U rV I 1 1 AMI, I'm and Ut,
Thinking on the "Art of Bribery"
a poem in on cuuto. yet unwritten,
and for which we are fast gatherlug
material, we happened to com
aci oy iti cue linen, perhaps fa miliar
to all:
"What! ahall olid of u,
Tli.it iii in W the- foreiuoat mail of all
llil world.
Hut lor u'porliii robbers; ahall
Vet Uuw
Cuin.uiiiini m r niisi'i with Ii4
l(ll.r.y
And tU llta mighty ii4a uf ur
Ulai liolinii
I in i. n i.iii. Ii li4.li a lii) I'
.! l tuir
I t Milm I'M da au4 11 1
the citizen. He employs a clever law
yer; he is particular about the doctor
he calls in. How much more particu
ar he should be with the ability of the
trainer of his children.
President Campbell of the State
University says: "There could be no
greater extravagance than that of
spending large sums of money on pub
lic schools which are 'kept' by untrain
ed teachers."
Third, it is pointed out that the his
tory of every state in the Union proves
that all Normal Schools (and the same
is true to some extent of the colleges)
are decidedly local as to their spheres
of influence. For instance, the Nor
mal School at Monmouth has only thir
teen pupils from the seven counties of
Southern Oregon and only thirty-three
from the eastern half of the state.
In vain have eastern states under
taken to make one large centrally lo
cated Normal School serve all the
state. The attendance has come most
ly from its immediate neighborhood
and the rest of the state ha3 been
without the influence of Normal train
ing in its common schools. The result
has been that state after state has
changed to a policy of taking the
school to the people. Oregon is the
only state in the Union that ever re
duced the number of its Normal
Schools. California has eight Normal
Schools and 85 per cent of her common
school teachers havejhad Normal train
ing. Oregon has one Normal School.
Eighty per cent of last year's appli
cants for teachers' certificates had no
training above the eighth grade.
It is pointed out that the various co!
lateral facts pertaining to a proper lo
cation for a Normal School are decid
edly favorable in respect to Ashland
Climatically, it cannot be surpassed.
The size of the town (6,000) gives the
school a local constituency, which fur
nishes a substantial basis on which to
build as well as to maintain a thor
oughly efficient training school. Ash
land has one of the finest high schools
in the state; it is the oldest high school
in the state outside of Portland.
Tho committee wisely makes little
ado about the attitude Jackson county
has taken toward other educational in
terests in this Btate; but it is fair to
call attention to the fact that in the
Normal School vote of 1910 Jackson
county gave the largest county majori
ty for the Normal School at Weston
and the second largest (Multnomah on
ly exceeding) for the Monmouth Nor
mal. In 1912 the Agricultural College
and U. of O. millage bill received the
second largest county majority from
Jackson; and in 1908 and 1913 the Uni
versity of Oregon appropriation bills
received their third largest (Multno
mah and Lane leading) county majori
ty from Jackson. The vote of other
Southern Oregon counties was propor
tionately as strong. Their people be
lieve in and support state school. adv
A NEWSPAPER MUST
PROTECT INTERESTS
OF ITS HOME TOWN
To Foster an Enemy, Even
Though the Money Con
sideration is Great, is a
Vital Mistake and Trait
orous Act.
Now as to the Xyssa .lounml.
That paper seems determined t
assist in the destruction of tliiit
. t t i.
town, they seem to lie n)im"' u "
some adverse influence.
The merchants of Ontario are
only smiling at the scheme being
worked by their speculators. .Inst
as soon ;is the removal becomes an
actual fact, should it by any possi
ble accident be removed, arrange
ments will Ik- made to shut out the
poor farm proposition with the pro
text fiat everything snoulil be con
solidated (is closely as possible for
the sake of economy.
Just as certain as fate tin; poor
farm would be established "Par n-
tario. How easy to cast tlie weight
of decision up to the commissioner
and then point to their efforts for
which they are "so sorry to be in
effective."
Ontario merchants now sell to a
Xyssa man cheaper than to a nomo
man. Sell to a Vale man at cost
that the Vale man may not make
the sale. This is all well known.
It betrays no secret and casts no
reflections. To do this is their
privilege and the condition must be
met.
The Enterprise could say no harm
of Xyssa, were they so disposed.
Xyssa occupies a unique position.
They are at the state line division
of the railroad system. When tli
Oregon Eastern is built the Xyssa
cut-off will surely be constructed
and shops will be built In the neigh
borhood of Xyssa. The division
point will certainly be located there.
The only trade enemy that Xyssa
can possiniv have is untario. aio
has no interest in-imical to Xyssa.
rhe Warm Springs project fostered
by Vale will help Xyssa far more
than Vale, but it will help Vale in
great many ways. The many small
ditches will have plenty of water.
Land not now under cultivation
near Vale on the Malheur river and
its benches will be put under initi
ation, while the high line will
cover the bench" between Xyssa
and Vale. All insinuations that tlie
Enterprise or any one in Vale is
apposed to the prosperity of Xyssa
is a figment of a diseased imagina
tion. Vale objects-to no improve
ment that benefits Malheur county
and has ever helped others.
We take Nils opportunity to ad
vise the people of that district that
their paper Is doing them as well
as Vale a great injustice. We can
find no fault for any paper advo
cating that which will best ad
vance the interests of its section,
but we fail to understand whv a
paper should so greatly misrepresent
its horn? people as well as those
who are the friends of the city of
Xyssa. There is a reason but not
a good one from our standpoint and
we prefer not to refer to it.
"Beware of the Creeks when they
come with presents."
CHILDREN'S
EYES
are often defective, which
makes them appear dull
in school.
If your boys or girls
suffer from eyestrain see
to it that they get prop
erhj fi tted spectacles.
00LITTLE
Optician
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uU a
Miitiou
Xotiug that the Ontario Club
Annex to the Argus (assessed at
500. real value 0) 'claims that
they wr unable to undertaud the
Itev. K. I Cook's arKumeut pub-
lUhed three wtrka sine, we are
foil! rained to quot the word of
li.i.l:
"I tiN v found )ou argument; J
am not ui obliged to Hud )uu au
UtldrrnUlldlUrf "
lit funny teriirr on I'm ft it i 11
IIV tf Hi Auu lM'n al ..in)
I taUw II. mm 'ill to Im..i
Id buii itinliid u t( lb "id
i' I Juliu lliuwu;
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0NTARI0S00N TO
BE CIRCUMSCRIBED,
NYSSA DEVELOPED
Evidence is accumulating that it
is now or never with Ontario. The
"handwriting on the wall" is be
coming more and more legible and
Intelligible every day.
The completion ()f the Oregon
Eastern is probable in the near fu
ture. This means the building o.'
the Xyssa cut-off verv mmn Tiii
will circumscribe the sphere of in
fluence and trading possiblMiii-s of
Ontario while exnaii'lin in . f.
cious u. -gree, that of Xys:i audi
Vale. It means shops at Nvssa.J
placing Vale on the main line and i
the rapid building up of the coun- '
try surrounding Vale.
leal Ox Flat p ople will devehm
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ni'iuij iwui vteiser aim I'ayette leap
Kreat rewards in trade and shipping
facilities.
We have not been surprised th.it
Ontario stooped to underhand meth
ods to gain her end. Ontario u
fighting for the property of ..,mip
other town to ret p her p .-.-.i!,:,.
Iost.es, n(,t for the welfare of th..
county.
Itewrnt of t'w
I Cleaning, pressing, re-
pairing. Phone 44 or
I call. Workguaran
I teed. Suits tailored.
I VALE GARMENT CO.
$ Phone 11 Opposite Light Office.
Tlie Best Furniture for our Customers
T.
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The best is none too good for the
patrons of this store, and for the
purpose of supplying our custom
ers with a class of Furniture that
cannot be excelled in beauty, dur
ability or perfect workmanship,
and at the same time keeping the
price at a moderate figure, we
have studied the market and fac
tory constantly, and are prepared
to give ou,r patrons the best in
Furniture at the lowest price.
T. NELSEN, Vale, Ore.
Red
uction in Toll Rates
Call operator for new rates
to points to which you want
to talk.
Malheur Home Telephone Company
greeks when tbev
mine IH-Miui presents lb j
w more than 2..-H) ,,.ars
ii im as i ru now as Hi n.
niAiioi.r
ni) in. '4
Id, and
FRED L. JOHNSON
Former proprietor of the Drexel at Vale
Now conducts the
HOTEL MANIT0U
IDAHO
Rates 75c to $1.50 per day
When in Boise you are cordially
invited to visit Hotel Manitou
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visited Dead (W Ft... ,1..
other eveulns with llouiun. H.,,,, ,
talked a little politl,-,,. , Moro
iAiinlu . x. n t i ..... ....
piain tome thins uiih
Miniewhat like thi:
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t'Olltd MUUtl lit;
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C'mp!i'tt hiipply of Ix'gul
HlanlvM for Kale at the
rnterprhe ollice, Vale.
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